How do you make a routine police story stand out? Xiao Zhang,
police reporter for the Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald, talks about
a routine arrest story that turned into a news feature about
a catfish-loving officer who happened up a convenience-story
robbery because of hunger pangs. He made the arrest, but not
before the suspect dropped his knife coming out of the bathroom
and the officer took cover behind a pile of soda boxes. These
details didn't come from a press release. They came as a result
of Zhang's curiosity and doggedness.Read
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